Paramount Pictures Whether 2009 was good for films is a matter of debate. But it was definitely a fantastic year for movie goers who like big explosions. From the worst action movie to the Academy Award best picture winner, stuff just kept blowing up last year, every Friday, week after week. It would seem impossible […]
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RCA You know, you know you’ve got to … Christina Aguilera wants to be Lady Gaga. I mean, isn’t it obvious? Perez Hilton says so! EW.com says so! Even Akon says so. I MEAN, THE ENTIRE BLOGOSPHERE SAYS SO. Get over it. If Aguilera is channeling anyone in her new video for Not Myself Tonight, […]
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Jason DeCrow: AP Phish performs after inducting Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony March 15 in New York. Phish 3D, filmed in October 2009 in front of more than 40,000 fans at Festival 8, opens tonight in Houston for a limited run. Filmmakers promise a 3-D experience that makes […]
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JUST in case you were planning to have a little TOO much fun at the Van Morrison concert, we thought we’d share these rules sent to ticketholders by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion: Thank you for your patronage and support of The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday night […]
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Douglas Sonder We Are The Fallen releases its debut album May 11. Ben Moody’s new band, We Are The Fallen, boasts a big-voiced female singer, sweeping choruses and lush rock orchestras. Love is a deep, dramatic ocean in every song. “But this is not,” Moody insists, “Evanescence 2.0.” “We never intended to give that impression. […]
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The FotoFest 2010 Biennial‘s principal exhibitions wrapped up last week, but many of the more than 100 affiliated shows are still on view. The strongest by far is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which put its best foot forward with the third in an ongoing series examining how parts of its collection might […]
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Flaming Lips multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd was hospitalized forcing the band to cancel two festival appearances, according to the Palm Beach Post. The band was scheduled to play the SunFest in West Palm Beach Thursday. A May 1 show at Memphis in May in Tennessee was also cancelled. J. Michelle Martin-CoyneThe Flaming Lips (Drozd, far left). […]
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Craig Decristo Kinda pitchy, dawg. What’s better than groaning at the current season of American Idol‘s lack of exceptional talent from your couch? Doing it in person. The American Idol Live! Tour (their punctuation, not mine) makes 49 stops this summer, including Aug. 7 at the Woodlands Pavilion. Yay humidity! The bill features Didi Benami, […]
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